But these uncomfortable moments offer important practice for the crowd's prime directive: Even when it's not funny, you must laugh.

Dharmapala reached out to the middle classes, offering them religious practice and a religious identity, which were used to withstand the British imperialists.

It will offer children repeated opportunities to acquire, practice and improve a skill.

In addition to the two Bermuda grass golf courses, the facility offers a driving range, practice putting green, and full service restaurant.

I agree: It offers practice without perfection.

The facility offers administrative, classroom, practice, and rehearsal space, all constructed to the highest standards with attention to acoustics, soundproofing, and aesthetics.

Beyond lectures and videotaped instruction, the best courses offer hands-on practice on animals, often pigs.

The Teledramatic Arts and Technology Department offers cross-disciplinary study and practice of media and live performance.

Mr. Cox's school, and several others, offer practice on inclines and skid pads covered in ice.

But in theory at least, songwriting seems to offer good practice for writing short stories.